Als POS

[Alspos]

Well....it's registered and I drove it to work! Woo hoo!



Also solved oil leak from the oil filler cap. New rubber gasket. the old one was like bakelite! $4.40 from Mitsubishi. Part No. MD311638

[OLD FART]

Al you will have to change your nom de plume seeing your JA is no longer a POS :beer :D

[Alspos]

Al you will have to change your nom de plume seeing your JA is no longer a POS :beer :D

Hehehe....it still has it's moments though....it's not perfect yet.

[thrash]

perfection is a figment of our imagination

[DrDeath]

registered without mud flaps? They are getting lax at the transport department.

[Alspos]

They'd have to actually see it to pick on it.

And really, no mudflaps will get you in trouble? How ridiculous is that! Motorbike riders should just ride when it's dry :P

[DrDeath]

Yea. QLD rules are just getting worse

[kailo]

really? mine passed rwc with no flaps for mud

[thrash]

new cars don't have mud flaps...??

if the inspector person is under 30, he probably doesn't even know what mud flaps are rofl

[niss720]

looks great! If you do put the mud flaps on take the rubber off of them, they look much better with out it!

[redzone]

Yea. QLD rules are just getting worse

who told you that load of shit?

[Johnyturbo]

First drive!! (with temporary permit) Boring clip but it was nice to finally drive it further than the end of the driveway. Inspection tomorrow....plates Monday I hope.

She looks great al!

Spent a good section of my evening reading at catching up on the work you have put in to it, the new paint has really come up a treat and going off this clip looks like shes running pretty good as well also, its come a long away from the car i remember seeing in your shed awhile back, it makes me home sick just watching this clip, not so much the streets of Melbourne but more the fact that i miss driving a very similar looking car :-)

[Alspos]

She looks great al!

Spent a good section of my evening reading at catching up on the work you have put in to it, the new paint has really come up a treat and going off this clip looks like shes running pretty good as well also, its come a long away from the car i remember seeing in your shed awhile back, it makes me home sick just watching this clip, not so much the streets of Melbourne but more the fact that i miss driving a very similar looking car :-)

Yes, it was a long time as a lawn ornament....and a shelf in the shed :D Much nicer now I can finally drive it a reasonable distance. It has taken a bit to get it to this stage though..nice it's finally (nearly) done.

[Alspos]

And now...the answer to the question you didn't ask and probably wouldn't have even thought of.

My left mirror was hanging like a limp leaf, turn the up and down knob and nothing would happen, no adjustment whatsoever and would continually flop towards the ground. So...I decided not to buy another mirror but to rip mine to bits to see what was wrong and whether parts from a RHS mirror could be used to repair it.

First, mirror off car.
Then, peel back the rubber boot and undo the two screws that hold the mirror to the base. Then remove the rubber boot.

You get this.



Then after a little while of coersing, you finish up with this...

There are two parts broken in this pic, the plastic part with the round and square hole should not be split and the silver pin is supposed to be embedded in the black threaded part above it.



Now, to disassemble the RHS mirror and steal the parts I need to fix LHS mirror.
First, undo the black plastic nut and remove bracket from the base. Then pry off the circlip. Under it there is a washer and spring. Once these parts are removed you can remove the threaded plastic part from the shafts. This black plastic part was one that I needed to fix my mirror.



Remove the circlip that should be on the end of the threaded shaft. Wind the shaft so the threaded block can be removed.

There are two long clips that hold the in/out mechanism in place. Use a punch and hammer on the tab on the inside of the clip. Once the tab is free, gently hammer the clip out of the base. Repeat for the other clip.







Once the clips are out you can tap the shafts out of the base.
The black plastic part can then be tapped out from inside the base. This is the other part I need for the repair.



Left and right hand base side by side.



Then the reassembly is the reverse. I put the new bits from the RHS mirror into the LHS mirror.
Black plastic part is put in place first with a bit of grease.
Then the shafts are tapped back into the base. Make sure the cam and the hole in the black plastic part line up.
Then the long clips are knocked back into place.



The threaded block is screwed back on. Replace the circlip on the end of the threaded shaft.




Black plastic sleeve is then placed on the base. It is keyed so you can't stuff it up. The silver pin slots into the black plastic part that was installed first.



Re-install the spring, washer and the circlip. I used a tube spanner to push the circlip back on then tapped it home with hammer and a punch.



Put the bracket back into the window mount and screw the plastic nut back on.



Refit the rubber boot.



Put the mirror screws back into place and tighten up



Done!



And back on the car. All works again. One more thing off the list.

[JDSTAZ45]

Excellent write up on the manual mirrors. Nice work! They are so much lighter than the electric mirrors.
I wonder if you can incorporate the internals of the manual mirror and use on the Conquest housing??
The LHS is the problem case as it does not come across enough to view from the driving position on RHS drive cars, together with the wiring issue on JA's.

Also, get some decals on that freshly painted car. It looks almost naked :D Plenty on ebay!

:beer :beer